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CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT

Consulting Services Agreement

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Title: CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT
Date: 3/5/2009
Industry: Chemical Manufacturing     Sector: Basic Materials

CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT, Parties: associated company , quaker chemical corporation
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Exhibit 10.50

CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT dated this 29 th day of October, 2008

BETWEEN

 

(1)

Quaker Chemical Corporation whose registered office is at 901 Hector Street, One Quaker Park, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA (the “Company”)

and

 

(2)

Mark Harris of Broughton House, Middle Lane, Balscote, Nr Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 6JP (the “Employee”)

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

1.

SERVICES

 

1.1

You will provide the Company and such Associated Company as the Company shall direct with such consultancy services in relation to the business of the Company or any Associated Company as are reasonably requested by the Company from time to time (“the Services”).

 

1.2

You shall primarily provide the Services from your home. You may also be required to travel throughout the UK and abroad when providing the Services, as is reasonably necessary to perform the requested Services.

 

1.3

You will provide the Services on such dates and times as we will agree between us, subject to a maximum of 10 days per month for the first three years of this Consultancy Agreement (“Monthly Maximum”). The Monthly Maximum may be exceeded by agreement between the parties, but with no obligation on either party to agree.

 

1.4

During the fourth and fifth years of the Consultancy Agreement, there will be no obligation on you to provide the Services for any minimum number of days.

 

1.5

You will provide the Services at a service level of high standard and which complies with prevailing standards of accepted business practices and ethics.

 

1.6

You will provide the Services personally and you may not assign or sub-contract the provision of the Services to any other person, firm or company without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

2.

PERIOD OF CONSULTANCY

The period of your consultancy with the Company will commence on 1 January 2009 and will continue until 31 December 2013, unless terminated earlier by either you or the Company, in accordance with Clause 9 below.

 

3.

FEES AND EXPENSES

 

3.1

Subject to the terms of Clause 4, the Company will pay you:

 

 

(a)

For the first year of the Consultancy Agreement, a monthly fee of £18,490;

 

 

(b)

For the second and third years of the Consultancy Agreement, a monthly fee of £10,500;

 

 

(c)

For the first, second and third years of the Consultancy Agreement, a fee of £600 per day for any additional days worked above the Monthly Maximum;


 

(d)

For the period commencing on 1 January 2012 and ending on 31 December 2013, a monthly sum of £4,500, payment to be made on the last day of each month; and

 

 

(e)

The annual sum of £40,000 in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The sums shall become due for payment on 1 July 2009, 1 July 2010 and 1 July 2011 respectively,

and in each case subject to you complying with your obligations at Clauses 3.3 and 3.4 below and subject to the remaining terms of this Agreement.

 

3.2

The Company will reimburse you for reasonable expenses properly incurred in providing the Services, subject both to your providing receipts or other supporting evidence of the expenditure consistent with the Company’s travel and entertainment policy.

 

3.3

During the first three years of the Consultancy Agreement, you must provide the Company on the last day of each month with an invoice (with such detail as reasonably required by the Company) for your fees and expenses (subject to Clause 3.2 above) due in respect of the Services supplied during the previous month. The Company agrees to pay such invoice within 14 days of it being received and approved by the Company.

 

3.4

The fees referred to above shall be exclusive of any Value Added Tax which may be payable. You shall, if applicable, notify the Company of your registration for VAT and provide VAT invoices in respect of the Services.

 

4.

CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT

Your entitlement to each of the sums referred to in Clause 3.1 above is strictly conditional on the following, and no payment shall be due unless each of the conditions is satisfied:

 

4.1

you shall not have, in the period ending on the relevant due date for payment of the relevant sum, within the Prohibited Area and whether on your own behalf or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other person, firm, company or other organisation, (and whether as an employee, director, principal, agent, consultant or in any other capacity whatsoever), in competition with the Company or any Associated Company directly or indirectly (i) been employed or engaged in, or (ii) performed services in respect of, or (iii) been otherwise concerned with:

 

 

(a)

the research into, development, manufacture, supply or marketing of any product which is of the same or similar type to any product researched, or developed, or manufactured, or supplied, or marketed by the Company or any Associated Company during the twelve months immediately preceding the due date for payment of such sum;

 

 

(b)

the development or provision of any services (including but not limited to technical and product support, or consultancy or customer services) which are of the same or similar type to any services provided by the Company or any Associated Company during the twelve months immediately preceding the due date for payment of such sum;

 

4.2

you shall not have, in the period ending on the relevant due date for payment of the relevant sum, whether on your own behalf or in conjunction with or on behalf of any person, company, business entity or other organisation (and whether as an employee, director, principal, agent, consultant or in any other capacity whatsoever), directly or indirectly (i) solicited or, (ii) assisted in soliciting, or (iii) accepted, or (iv) facilitated the acceptance of, or (v) dealt with, in competition with the Company or any Associated Company, the custom or business of any person, company, business entity or other organisation who is on the due date for payment, or was in the 12 months prior to the due date for payment, a Customer or Prospective Customer;

 

4.3

you shall not have, in the period ending on the relevant due date for payment of the relevant sum either on your own behalf or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other person, company, business entity, or other organisation (and whether as an employee, principal, agent, consultant or in any other capacity whatsoever), directly or indirectly:

 

 

(a)

(i) induced or (ii) solicited, or (iii) enticed or (iv) procured, any person to leave the Company’s or any Associated Company’s employment (as applicable);

 

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(b)

been personally involved to a material extent in (i) accepting into employment or (ii) otherwise engaging or using the services of, any person who was on the date of such involvement, employed by the Company or any Associated Company;

 

4.4

you shall not have, in the period ending on the relevant due date for payment of the relevant sum, whether on your own behalf or in conjunction with or on behalf of any person, company, business entity or other organisation (and whether as an employee, director, agent, principal, consultant or in any other capacity whatsoever), directly or indirectly:

 

 

(a)

interfered with the supply of goods or services to the Company or any Associated Company from any supplier;

 

 

(b)

induced any supplier of goods or services to the Company or any Associated Company to cease or decline to supply such goods or services in the future;

 

4.5

you shall not have used for your own purposes, or those of any other person, firm, company or other organisation whatsoever, or disclosed to any person, firm, company or other organisation whatsoever any Confidential Information, as defined in Clause 8, or made any notes or taken any copies of any document or information stored in any form which relates to any matter within the scope of the Company’s or any Associated Company’s business or dealings, otherwise than for the benefit of the Company or any Associated Company.

 

5.

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPANY

 

5.1

Your relationship with the Company shall be that of an independent contractor and at no time must you hold yourself out as being an officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any Associated Company.

 

5.2

Subject to your due compliance with the terms of this Agreement, you shall be free to provide services to or accept employment with any other person, firm, company or other organisation. However during the period of this Agreement you shall not (whether as shareholder, director, employee, contractor, partner, consultant, proprietor, agent or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Company such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed either directly or indirectly (i) be engaged by, or (ii) provide services to, or (iii) be or become involved in, any business which is in competition with any business carried on, or about to be carried on, at the relevant time by the Company or any Associated Company or which could otherwise have a prejudicial effect on any such business. This shall not prevent you from the holding of up to 5 per cent of any class of issued shares of any company listed on a recognised Stock Exchange.

 

5.3

You will be wholly responsible for all taxes, national insurance or other contributions which may be payable in respect of all of the sums payable to you by the Company. As a result, you agree to indemnify and hold the Company and all its Associated Companies harmless against all taxes (excluding VAT), national insurance or other contributions, costs, claims, penalties, interest, expenses or proceedings arising out of or in connection with such taxes and contributions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company reserves the right to deduct from any payment to you, tax and national insurance contributions.

 

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5.4

You shall provide to the Company at the times stated below, or on its reasonable request and on reasonable notice, satisfactory evidence that:

 

 

(a)

on the commencement of the period of your consultancy with the Company and at the end of each tax year thereafter whilst such period continues, you have registered with Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) as self-employed, and are so regarded by HMRC as taxed on that basis; and

 

 

(b)

you have paid, by the due date, all tax and national insurance contributions in respect of any monies paid to you by the Company.

 

6.

INSURANCE

It is your responsibility to arrange, at your own cost, a policy of insurance to cover all claims or proceedings (and all associated costs, penalties and expenses whatsoever) instituted by any third party against the Company or any Associated Company which arise out of or are connected with any negligent, unlawful or defective provision of the Services by you.

 

7.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

 

7.1

You agree to disclose promptly to the Company any idea, method, invention, discovery, design or other work which you, (whether alone or with others), create, produce or develop either in the course of providing the Services or which relate to or are capable of being used in those aspects of the business(es) of the Company or any Associated Company in relation to which you provide the Services, (referred to in this letter as the “Works”).

 

7.2

You agree that all intellectual property rights in any Works (including but not limited to trademarks, inventions, patents, designs and copyright) wherever in the world enforceable shall immediately vest in and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company and, in consideration of the sum of £1 (receipt of which you acknowledge) you assign to the Company, with full title guarantee, all rights, title and interest in and to the same. You agree, at the Company’s request and cost, to take such actions and execute any docu


 
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